Why the study?
Anaesthesiology residency involves high stress, demanding hours, and productivity pressures that can lead to non-communicable diseases, stress, and burnout, necessitating strategies to maintain physical and mental fitness.
This article highlights the importance of addressing physical and mental fitness among anaesthesiology trainees to prevent stress and burnout.
Anaesthesiology is a high-demand speciality of medicine in terms of long and unpredictable work hours, stressful work requirements, pressure for a cent per cent productivity in academics, clinical work and research. Higher stress levels can cause non-communicable diseases like hypertension, obesity and depressed immunity, among many others. In the journey as a trainee anaesthetist, vigorous and diligent efforts are needed to gain perfection in knowledge and skills ultimately. While this path is being transversed, it is essential to address physical and mental fitness by exercising it to the recommended benefits, to ward away stress and burnout. In this special article, the authors will discuss the barriers young anaesthesia trainees face to staying healthy and fit during their training and practical and appropriate measures to mitigate the same through intervention at various levels of hierarchy.
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